Chapter 51: Keeping the New Year

"Sister, Tang Jue gave us wild things again?" Cai Qigui walked over and looked at the pheasants and hares on the ground.

"Well, he threw it at us and left. Fourth brother, you skinned the rabbit, just made braised rabbit meat at night to eat, and the pheasant, the third sister-in-law, let the third brother kill the pheasant, and stew the pheasant soup at night! ”

"Okay." Cai Qigui answered, carrying two rabbits and skinning them.

"Got it, did you kill both?" Hu Shi also came over.

"Well, kill them all, there are already many people in the family, plus Uncle Cai, you have to divide two tables, one is not enough to eat!"

Chinese New Year's Eve Cai Zijun made two large pots of braised rabbit meat, two pots of pheasant soup, and dried mushrooms were also put in it, which were burned on the charcoal fire in the red tandoor oven, overflowing with chicken fragrance, and two large bowls of boiled pork slices, two braised fish, two roast ducks, two plates of mapo tofu, and two plates of fried bean sprouts .......

The family sat at the table in new clothes, eating fragrant dishes, the men drank spirits, the children and women drank rice wine, Cai Zijun also tasted the taste of rice wine, a bit like the wine brewed in the previous life, but it was not so sweet, the wine was turbid and the taste was a little light.

"Brother Cai, come, eat vegetables, you're welcome."

Cai Dazhu asked Cai Langzhong to eat food, and then had a drink with him, and the Cai Qirong brothers also toasted Cai Langzhong's wine, thanked him for teaching Cai Zijun medical skills, and told him to come to eat at home more in the future, no need to be polite, Cai Langzhong should go down one by one, a person is indeed cold, such a warm scene of a family sitting together to eat, he actually likes it.

"Xiao Gu (Gu), Xiao Gu, I want to eat meat." Xiao Mingming, who was sitting between Cai Zijun and Hu Shi, puffed out his cheeks and swallowed the fish in his mouth, and wanted to eat chicken again.

"Okay, sister-in-law will pick you a piece." Cai Zijun was softened by his little milk voice, and immediately sandwiched a piece of chicken without bones, blew it, and put it in his small bowl.

"Sister, you eat yours, don't worry about him." Seeing that his youngest son was pestering Cai Zijun, Hu Shi was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, bright likes me and I'm close to me." Cai Zijun said with a smile, and then looked at Mingliang again, "Mingming, did you say?" You like sister-in-law, don't you? ”

"Well, well, Bright Happy Rice (Huan) sister-in-law!" Mingming nodded his little head, and even ten o'clock, which made everyone at the women's table laugh.

"Sister-in-law, I like you too." The little adult Mingxiu also immediately patted the sister-in-law's ass.

"Sister-in-law, my sister and I like you too!" Mingzhen also expressed her attitude on behalf of her and her sister Mingzhu, and looked at her sister-in-law with a shy face.

"Haha...... Okay, okay, you all like my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is happy, come, eat chicken. Cai Zijun stretched out his hand and sandwiched a piece of chicken for a few small people.

Cai Mingjuan looked at Cai Zijun with her eyes, in fact, she is not as resentful of her sister-in-law as she used to be now, since her sister-in-law fell into the water, she has been good to her family and them, earning money to spend on her family, and buying clothes and clothes and hair flowers for her, but let her and several sisters and younger brothers say that she likes her sister-in-law, she still can't do it, she sat there and moved her mouth, after all, she didn't dare to say anything, and silently bowed her head to eat.

Cai Mingjuan's movements, Cai Zijun saw it, knowing that it was difficult for her to accept herself for a while, after all, the original owner had done too much before, so she didn't care about Cai Mingjuan's attitude, one day, she would accept her sister-in-law.

The Cai family is happy and lively, but the small wooden house at the foot of the mountain in the next village is deserted, there is no one in the house, Tang Jue sits on the wooden roof and looks at the few sparse stars in the sky, there is no snow in today's Chinese New Year's Eve, it is sunny and cold, and there is a trace of wind, but this little wind is nothing to him who is used to it.

The shopkeeper of the county's delicious pavilion asked him to go to the restaurant to celebrate the New Year with them, he didn't agree, he had been there in the past few years, but this year, he suddenly didn't want to go.

I don't know what kind of excitement the Cai family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner will be this year? Cai Huaer's dishes are so delicious, they must be good dishes on the table, but unfortunately they can't eat them.

Tang Jue, who thought of this, was suddenly stunned, why did he suddenly think of her? He hasn't been sure if she's the same person she was in his previous life!

"Childe." A man in black landed in front of him.

"Huh?"

"Let's go inside, it's cold outside."

"I'll go in in a while, have you had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?"

"After eating, the shopkeeper was worried that you wouldn't eat again, so we brought some back."

"Okay, I'll go get some food, I'm a little hungry." Tang Jue stood up and flew off the roof, although the meal he brought back was not made by Cai Hua himself, but it was her recipe, and he could eat it.

After eating Chinese New Year's Eve meal, Cai Langzhong went back, and the Cai family kept the New Year together, sitting there eating melon seeds, eating snacks, drinking tea, and chatting...... The door of the hall was closed, and the fire was blazing, and it was not cold.

In order to make her father and mother happy, Cai Zijun sat there and told the story of Journey to the West, sure enough, this story is very popular from old to young, Cai Zijun told it vividly, and a few little people sat around her with a small horse, listening with relish, without blinking their eyes.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, how happened to Tang Seng and his apprentices later? Have you got the scriptures? Cai Mingwu is an anxious person, hearing the highlights, a pair of eyes were bright with excitement, Cai Zijun said that Sun Wukong beat the white bone spirit three times, and when Tang Seng misunderstood and wanted to drive him away, he was in a hurry, so he wanted to spoil his sister-in-law very much.

Cai Zijun smiled and glanced at his own anxious nephew, after beating her over and having a sparrow meat incident, he never took the initiative and willingly called himself sister-in-law, and even when he gave him clothes and pen and paper, he passively said "Thank you, sister-in-law." I didn't expect the story of Journey to the West to be so charming, so that he forgot his resentment towards himself and took the initiative to call himself sister-in-law.

"Oh, second brother, don't interrupt my sister-in-law, what will happen, won't you talk about it later? What are you anxious about? Cai Mingjuan was angry that her second brother interrupted her sister-in-law to tell the story, and she was listening to it.

"Sister-in-law, you go on, second brother." Cai Mingxiu also helped.

Cai Zijun couldn't help but look at everyone, staring at him with bright eyes one or two, even her father Cai Dazhu, as well as her eldest brother Cai Mingrong, and her eldest nephew Cai Mingwen all maintained a unified opinion at this time, that is, don't pay attention to the anxious Cai Mingwu, and signal her to continue telling the story.

As soon as this story was told, it was almost time to tell it, and in the middle, Cai Mingwu dog-legged her to add tea twice, and personally served it in her hand, so that she could moisten her throat and continue.

As soon as the time came to welcome the spring and eat dumplings, Cai Zijun stopped talking about help, the women went to cook dumplings, the men opened the door and set off firecrackers to welcome the spring, and the other families in the village also began to welcome the spring, and the sound of firecrackers rose and fell one after another over the village, which was very lively......